Interns receive exposure to international project finance and work with seasoned financiers in the loan origination process. The loan life cycle includes underwriting, due diligence and Know Your Customer review, an approval process with papers written for the purpose of obtaining approval from Credit Policy, Investment Committee and the Board of Directors (if applicable), loan agreement negotiations and disbursement. After disbursement, a project is transferred to a monitoring group.
Interns receive exposure to international project finance and work with seasoned financiers in the loan origination process. The loan life cycle includes underwriting, due diligence and Know Your Customer review, an approval process with papers written for the purpose of obtaining approval from Credit Policy, Investment Committee and the Board of Directors (if applicable), loan agreement negotiations and disbursement. After disbursement, a project is transferred to a monitoring group.
This is an unpaid student internship with strong preference for graduate level students.
As part of the Office of Development Credit (ODC), the mission of the Social Enterprise Finance (SEF) team is to mobilize private capital into innovative, high-impact social enterprises to enable them to expand their operations and help solve critical developmental challenges. The SEF team's client base, market focus and strategy cover a broad range of impact investment sectors (micro and SME finance, healthcare, education, sustainable agriculture, housing, water and sanitation) and address the needs of people living at the base of the economic pyramid. The SEF team provides loans directly to social enterprises focused on these high-impact sectors as well as to financial intermediaries, including funds, investment companies and commercial lenders. Interns serve as junior financial analysts and may be involved in all stages of project development as part of a project team. Interns also work on tasks in any stage of the origination process for three to six transactions, depending on the number of transactions that a project team is involved in. Additional duties include:
Applicants must be United States citizens actively enrolled at least part-time in an accredited college or university in a relevant graduate degree program. The ideal candidate should have a graduate level academic concentration in business, international affairs/development, economics, or finance. Previous experience within a financial institution, social enterprise, and/or impact investing is highly desired. Exposure to and experience in excel and financial modeling, as well as excellent research and communication (oral & written) skills required.
You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.
See the above-mentioned "Qualifications" section for information on the education requirements for this internship.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Applications will be reviewed to ensure eligibility under this program. Applications of eligible students will be forwarded to the Department for consideration. A separate application should be submitted for each internship of interest.
To apply for this internship, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
1. Resume showing work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment and duties performed.
2. Cover Letter (optional)
3. Unofficial Transcript(s) or proof of enrollment.
Do not submit photographs with your application package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc.
Applicants for the DFC Unpaid Student Volunteer (Internship) Program must submit a resume and unofficial transcript in order to be considered for placement. Incomplete packages will not be considered.
The recommended deadlines for application are:
If you have any questions, please email interns@dfc.gov.
Due to the number of internships that may become available, you may be referred more than once. You will not be notified of a status until the announcement has closed. Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to respond individually to application status inquiries.
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